Ozzy Osbourne defends wife Sharon in posthumous memoir, calls "The Talk" exit a “complete carve-up”

Even from beyond the grave, Ozzy Osbourne didn't hold back.

In his forthcoming posthumous memoir, Last Rites, the late rock legend blasted The Talk for how it treated his wife Sharon following her 2021 exit from the show.

Recalling, Sharon got into an on-air clash with co-host Sheryl Underwood, arguing that although she didn't agree with everything Piers Morgan said, she supported him because of his right to free speech. But after the episode concluded, CBS placed the show on pause while carrying out an internal review.

At the end result, Sharon departed from The Talk, with the network stating that her behavior:

“did not align with our values for a respectful workplace.”

Ozzy Osbourne wrote in his memoir that while the last thing he wanted to do was "stir that sh** up again," he couldn't stay silent about the fallout that drove his wife off the show where she was a mainstay for ten years, or what he called a "complete carve-up."

According to the late rock star, Sharon was "fu***d the second the subject [or Morgan] even came up," adding that he was convinced she was set up.

“It was really terrible to see her go through that. She was devastated for a long while. You think you’ve got friends in TV. They ain’t your friends. It was hard, man. Really hard.”

The "Crazy Train" artist shared that his wife "poured her heart and soul" into the show, and being branded as "racist" is “against everything she’s ever stood for.”

“To be stuck with that label, it was just f***ing wrong. Because you can never get a gig anywhere on TV once that’s what people think of you. It’s game over. They knew that when they took her down.”

Ozzy Osbourne calls The Talk cancellation "poetic justice"

At the time, per Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon was already facing several challenges in her personal life, such as his declining health and tour cancellations due to the pandemic. Her departure from the show left her feeling "gutted" for a few weeks, but she fortunately moved on.

The rock legend narrated that Sharon even remained amicable with the women she worked with on The Talk.

In 2024, the show was cancelled, and Ozzy Osbourne declared in Last Rites as "poetic justice."

Meanwhile, despite the late rocker's belief that Sharon was set up, CBS's statement at the time said:

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"We also did not find any evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or blindsided any of the hosts. At the same time, we acknowledge the Network and Studio teams, as well as the showrunners, are accountable for what happened during that broadcast as it was clear the co-hosts were not properly prepared by the staff for a complex and sensitive discussion involving race."

Ozzy Osbourne's Last Rites was released on Oct. 7 by Sphere Publishing. In this memoir, which he finished writing days before his death in July, the late rock star chronicled his life from the last seven years or so.

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